Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-11-26

lllo LiOthOl lulhiiJ' We hOpO tuCJ
will all find pleasant homes here.
Their location here is due to the eff
forts of Mr.. w. A. Johnson, our
wide awake real estate agent.
Mrs. Grin Argo, who was struck
by the train while crossing the rail-
road bridge a few weeks ago, and SO
severely injured, died last Tuesday
night. The funeral took place at the
Methodist church Wednesday after
noon.
--STRAYED from my place on the
Shelbyville road, six miles from
McMinnville, Friday the 10th inst,
a small roam cow, ends of horns saw
ed of, crop and hole in left ear, tail
bobbed. Suitable reward will be
paid for information of her.
III. G. BRAKEMAN,
McMinnville. Tenn.
Jas, Lloyel, the celebrated re-
pairer and adjuster of all kinds OF
sewing machines, is in McMinnville
to spend short while. He will
make your old machine as good as a
new one, replacing any new piece
necessary, at a low price. Satisfac.
ton guaranteed, or no pay. He can
be found at the residence of Mrs.
Gross, on Main Street.
AT the young mems and boys
prayer meeting last Sunday after.
noon, they arranged for systematic
canvass of the town on Thursday
morning for voluntary contributions
for the poor. Committees were APP
pointed for the different streets, and
about $4,000 was raised, which
amount was applied in making the
hearts of dozen or more families
glad with good things for thanksgiv.
ing.
The atmosphere around McMinn.
vile has been filled with smoke near.
ly every day for more than a week
We understand that large forest fires
are raging ont on Cumberland Noun
tain. AS our prevailing winds are
from the west and southwest, much
Of the smoke is probably driven here
from the great forest fires throughout
West Tennessee and Arkansas.
Capt. j. w. Irwin, Deputy Inter
nal Revenue Collector, in company
with U. s. Commissioner, Jno. l.
Potts, captured a wild cat distillery
belonging to Carol Martin, White
county, on Friday of last week. They
found the still hid out in a field
Martin was not at home when the
seizure was made, and they failed tc
get him. H.
The card of DR.. N. A. Neeley, the
new dentist who has located here
will be found in this issue. His Of
flee is the front room over The Pee
Piles National Bank in the Potts
Block, where he will be pleased to sex
anyone wishing first-class denta
work. A correspondent of the Spar
ia Expositor, writing from Cooke
vile, the former home of DR.. Neeley
says of him: "Dr. Nat. Neeley is 6
very genteel, sober, and perseverinl
young man, having acquired a first
class diploma as a dental surgeon ,ant
having been in the practice of hi,
profession and proved himself master
of it, promises to do well in future
life."
About seven o'clock last Satur
day night, while the wind was blow
ing regular gale from the west, tn,
people around the square were start
led by the alarm of fire. A burning
chimney of the large frame house OF
the north side of the square, occupied
by Mr.. w. S. Maddux, sent up {
blaze two or three feet high, togethe
with perfect shower of sparks, from
which a lot of dry leaves on the roo
soon caught. Men soon reached tn,
roof with buckets of water, however
and extinguished the fire before tn,
shingles could catch. If the fire haC
once gotten Roadway, with the wine
that was blowing, half the tow
would probably have been consumed
DR.. w. NJ. Leftwich, the new
presiding elder of this district, hell
his first quarterly conference here las
Saturday and Sunday. On Saturda.
night the Missionary assessments OF
the McMinnville church for the con
ference year were announced, amount
ing to something over one hundred
and thirty dollars. On Monda,
morning the full amount was raise,